Canned Drunken Vanilla Bourbon Peaches Recipe

Canning peaches is a delicious way to preserve your fresh fruit peaches to eat when the peach season is over. This terrific drunken vanilla bourbon peaches water bath canning recipe is a great way to process your peaches. Can now, enjoy later!

Canned Drunken Vanilla Bourbon Peaches Recipe

These drunken peaches are terrific for the holidays! They are shelf-stable for 1-2 years so you can make some now to give as Christmas gifts, to place in a housewarming gift basket, or to serve with your holiday meal. These drunken vanilla bourbon peaches are simply delicious.

If you enjoy canning, you may want to try these canning recipes:

● Canned Cinnamon Apples Recipe
● Canned Spiced Port Plums Recipe
● Moonshine Cherries Recipe

Tips for making this Canned Drunken Vanilla Bourbon Peaches Recipe

● I blanch a lot of fruits and vegetables. It is very easy to do. Make certain your hot water is at a rolling boil. Make sure to have your ice water bath set up before you plunge that first fruit or vegetable into the boiling water. Set up a strainer on top of a plate or tray, and remove the fruits or vegetables with a slotted spoon or tongs. Place them in the strainer. When you have removed all the fruit or vegetables from that boiling water (blanching is usually 1 to 3 minutes depending on what fruit or vegetable you are working with) and they are in your strainer, hurry them over to that ice water bath and place the fruits or vegetables in it! This will stop your fruit or vegetables from cooking. In the case of a fruit for canning (say, these peaches), the slotted spoon works best. You only want to blanch long enough for the skin to become easy to remove.

● The shelf life for these canned drunken vanilla bourbon peaches is 1-2 years. I recommend you eat them within a year.

● These are terrific when served with vanilla ice cream.

● You can also serve with real whipped cream. Yum!

Selecting Peaches for Canning

Choose firm, slightly under-ripe, blemish-free peaches for canning. Freestone peaches are much easier to prepare for processing. At this time, white flesh peaches are not recommended for canning, as the acid level of the fruit may be too low to prevent bacteria growth.

Do home-canned peaches have a shorter shelf life?

While peaches remain safe to eat for up to 3 years, it is recommended that you enjoy them the first year. Even when safely canned, peaches will begin to lose their color around the one year mark, and after the second year, they may begin to break down inside the jars.

Canned Drunken Vanilla Bourbon Peaches Recipe Ingredients:

● 1 Lemon, juiced (can also use Fruit Fresh)
● 5 lbs Freestone Peaches, yellow flesh
● 2 ½ cups Sugar
● 3 cups Water
● 2 TBSP Vanilla Extract
● 2 small Navel Oranges, sliced into (6) ¼” slices
● ¾ cup Bourbon

Canned Drunken Vanilla Bourbon Peaches Recipe Mise en Place:

● Water Bath Canner
● 6 Pint Canning Jars with lids
● Strainer
● Plate
● Large Pot
● Large Bowl
● Ice
● Slotted Spoon
● Knife
● Cutting Board
● Saucepan
● Ladle
● Spatula
● Measuring Cup
● Measuring Spoons

Canned Drunken Vanilla Bourbon Peaches Recipe Directions:

1. Wash 6-pint canning jars (and the lids) in the dishwasher or with hot soapy water.
2. Sterilize jars (and lids) by placing them in a deep pot or water bath canner of water. Bring to a boil and boil for 10 minutes. Leave jars in simmering water until ready to pack.
3. Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil.

4. Fill a large bowl or sink basin with ice water and lemon juice (or Fruit Fresh).
5. Working in batches of 5, carefully drop the peaches into the boiling water. Allow the peaches to blanch for one minute.
6. Remove from the boiling water and quickly plunge the peaches into the ice water bath.

7. Peel the peaches by rubbing gently with your fingers.
8. Quarter and pit the skinned peaches. Slice each quarter into thirds lengthwise.

9. In a large saucepan, stir together sugar, water, and vanilla extract. Bring the sugar mixture to a boil, constantly stirring until the sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to a simmer.
10. Remove jars from simmering water.

11. Place an orange slice in each jar.

12. Tightly pack peaches into a jar, leaving a 1 ½” headspace.
13. Use a rubber spatula to remove air bubbles from the side of the jar.

14. Add 2 TBSP Bourbon to the top of each jar.
15. Top with additional sugar syrup if needed to reach ½” headspace.

16. Wipe rims, fit with lids and rings.
17. Process jars in a water bath canner for 25 minutes.
18. Remove from heat and allow them to sit for 5 additional minutes before removing from the canner.

Yield: 6 pints

Canned Drunken Vanilla Bourbon Peaches Recipe

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Canned Drunken Vanilla Bourbon Peaches Recipe. Canning peaches is a delicious way to preserve your fresh fruit peaches to eat when the peach season is over. This terrific drunken vanilla bourbon peaches water bath canning recipe is a great way to process your peaches. Can now, enjoy later!

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Additional Time 5 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 Lemon, juiced (can also use Fruit Fresh)
• 5 lbs Freestone Peaches, yellow flesh
• 2 ½ cups Sugar
• 3 cups Water
• 2 TBSP Vanilla Extract
• 2 small Navel oranges, sliced into (6) ¼” slices
• ¾ cup Bourbon

Instructions

1. Wash 6-pint canning jars (and the lids) in the dishwasher or with hot soapy water.
2. Sterilize jars (and lids) by placing them in a deep pot or water bath canner of water. Bring to a boil and boil for 10 minutes. Leave jars in simmering water until ready to pack.
3. Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil.
4. Fill a large bowl or sink basin with ice water and lemon juice (or Fruit Fresh).
5. Working in batches of 5, carefully drop the peaches into the boiling water. Allow the peaches to blanch for one minute.
6. Remove from the boiling water and quickly plunge the peaches into the ice water bath.
7. Peel the peaches by rubbing gently with your fingers.
8. Quarter and pit the skinned peaches. Slice each quarter into thirds lengthwise.
9. In a large saucepan, stir together sugar, water, and vanilla extract. Bring the sugar mixture to a boil, stirring constantly until the sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to a simmer.
10. Remove jars from simmering water.
11. Place an orange slice in each jar.
12. Tightly pack peaches into jar, leaving a 1 ½” headspace.
13. Use a rubber spatula to remove air bubbles from the side of jar.
14. Add 2 TBSP Bourbon to the top of each jar.
15. Top with additional sugar syrup if needed to reach ½" headspace.
16. Wipe rims, fit with lids and rings.
17. Process jars in a water bath canner for 25 minutes.
18. Remove from heat and allow them to sit for 5 additional minutes before removing from the canner.

Notes

The cook time listed is for the rolling water for blanching, plus the sugar syrup, plus the processing time.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

24

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 138Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 2mgCarbohydrates: 31gFiber: 2gSugar: 30gProtein: 1g

Note: for exact nutritional information, consult your dietitian. All nutritional information provided is simply a guideline.

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